Jim Munley's Local Climate Data

Local Climate Data
Kearny, NJ
DECEMBER 2024

 

Temperature Data                                    
High 43.7 Low 31.2             
Average Monthly  37.5            
Departure From Normal  -0.2

Highest 62 on 24

Lowest  12 on 23

Heating Degree Days                      
Total This Month 846           
Departure From Normal  -34 
Total for the Season  1404

Departure From Normal -285

Cooling Degree Days
Total This Month 0

Departure From Normal 0
Total for the Season 0

Departure From Normal 0

Precipitation Data
Total for the Month 5.21 inches
Departure From Normal  +1.30  inches
24-Hours 1.19 inches on 11

Normal 3.91 inches

Snow & Ice
Total  3.4 inches
24-Hours 2.0 inches  on 21

Departure -1.9 inches

Normal 5.3 inches

Season Total 3.4 inches
Departure  -2.9 inches

Wind Data
Average Speed 4.3 mph
Average Direction SSW

Fastest 18
Direction E

Date 5

Pressure Data
Highest  30.72 on 23

Lowest  29.52 on 30

Averaged  30.22

Number of Days With   
Maximum 32F or Below 3  
Maximum 90F or Above 0    
Minimum 32F or Below  19

Minimum 0F or Below 0
Precipitation .01 or More 16
Snow & Ice .0 and More 1
Heavy Fog 1/4 mi. or less 0

Thunderstorms  0
Clear  11

Partly Cloudy 12
Cloudy 8

The average temperature for December was 37.5°F (-0.2°F) and tied with December 2003 and 1991 the 18h warmest such month on record (since 1977) and the warmest since 2003.  The month was also the 4th consecutive such month with above normal temperatures.  There were 19 days temperatures averaged below or near normal.  There were 3 days with maximums of 60°F or higher and 3 days with maximums of 32°F or lower and 19 days with minimums of 32°F or lower.  Temperature extremes included 62°F on the 29th and 12°F on the 23rd.         

Precipitation totaled 5.21 (133 percent) and was 1.30 inches above normal.  The month ranked as the 15th wettest such month on record and the driest since 2015.  There were 16 days with measurable precipitation and 2 day with rainfall of an inch or more.  The most to fall in a 24-hour period was 1.19 inches on the 11th.  There were 11 clear days and 8 overcast  days.

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